Re: [PATCH V2] accel/amdxdna: Use a different name for latest firmware

[Lizhi Hou <lizhi.hou@amd.com>]

Applied to drm-misc-fixes

On 2/25/26 12:49, Mario Limonciello (AMD) (kernel.org) wrote:
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> On 2/25/2026 2:47 PM, Lizhi Hou wrote:
>> Using legacy driver with latest firmware causes a power off issue.
>>
>> Fix this by assigning a different filename (npu_7.sbin) to the latest
>> firmware. The driver attempts to load the latest firmware first and 
>> falls
>> back to the previous firmware version if loading fails.
>>
>> Closes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/5009
>> Fixes: f1eac46fe5f7 ("accel/amdxdna: Update firmware version check 
>> for latest firmware")
>> Signed-off-by: Lizhi Hou <lizhi.hou@amd.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org>
>> ---
>>   drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c        | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
>>   drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.c |  3 +++
>>   drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu1_regs.c       |  2 +-
>>   drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu4_regs.c       |  2 +-
>>   drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu5_regs.c       |  2 +-
>>   drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu6_regs.c       |  2 +-
>>   6 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c 
>> b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
>> index 4b3e6bb97bd2..85079b6fc5d9 100644
>> --- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
>> +++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
>> @@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ static int aie2_max_col = XRS_MAX_COL;
>>   module_param(aie2_max_col, uint, 0600);
>>   MODULE_PARM_DESC(aie2_max_col, "Maximum column could be used");
>>   +static char *npu_fw[] = {
>> +    "npu_7.sbin",
>> +    "npu.sbin"
>> +};
>> +
>>   /*
>>    * The management mailbox channel is allocated by firmware.
>>    * The related register and ring buffer information is on SRAM BAR.
>> @@ -489,6 +494,7 @@ static int aie2_init(struct amdxdna_dev *xdna)
>>       struct psp_config psp_conf;
>>       const struct firmware *fw;
>>       unsigned long bars = 0;
>> +    char *fw_full_path;
>>       int i, nvec, ret;
>>         if (!hypervisor_is_type(X86_HYPER_NATIVE)) {
>> @@ -503,7 +509,19 @@ static int aie2_init(struct amdxdna_dev *xdna)
>>       ndev->priv = xdna->dev_info->dev_priv;
>>       ndev->xdna = xdna;
>>   -    ret = request_firmware(&fw, ndev->priv->fw_path, &pdev->dev);
>> +    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(npu_fw); i++) {
>> +        fw_full_path = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%s", 
>> ndev->priv->fw_path, npu_fw[i]);
>> +        if (!fw_full_path)
>> +            return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> +        ret = firmware_request_nowarn(&fw, fw_full_path, &pdev->dev);
>> +        kfree(fw_full_path);
>> +        if (!ret) {
>> +            XDNA_INFO(xdna, "Load firmware %s%s", 
>> ndev->priv->fw_path, npu_fw[i]);
>> +            break;
>> +        }
>> +    }
>> +
>>       if (ret) {
>>           XDNA_ERR(xdna, "failed to request_firmware %s, ret %d",
>>                ndev->priv->fw_path, ret);
>> diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.c 
>> b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.c
>> index 4ada45d06fcf..a4384593bdcc 100644
>> --- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.c
>> +++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.c
>> @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/1502_00/npu.sbin");
>>   MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/17f0_10/npu.sbin");
>>   MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/17f0_11/npu.sbin");
>>   MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/17f0_20/npu.sbin");
>> +MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/1502_00/npu_7.sbin");
>> +MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/17f0_10/npu_7.sbin");
>> +MODULE_FIRMWARE("amdnpu/17f0_11/npu_7.sbin");
>>     /*
>>    * 0.0: Initial version
>> diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu1_regs.c 
>> b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu1_regs.c
>> index 6f36a27b5a02..6e3d3ca69c04 100644
>> --- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu1_regs.c
>> +++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu1_regs.c
>> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static const struct aie2_fw_feature_tbl 
>> npu1_fw_feature_table[] = {
>>   };
>>     static const struct amdxdna_dev_priv npu1_dev_priv = {
>> -    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/1502_00/npu.sbin",
>> +    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/1502_00/",
>>       .rt_config    = npu1_default_rt_cfg,
>>       .dpm_clk_tbl    = npu1_dpm_clk_table,
>>       .fw_feature_tbl = npu1_fw_feature_table,
>> diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu4_regs.c 
>> b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu4_regs.c
>> index a8d6f76dde5f..ce25eef5fc34 100644
>> --- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu4_regs.c
>> +++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu4_regs.c
>> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const struct aie2_fw_feature_tbl 
>> npu4_fw_feature_table[] = {
>>   };
>>     static const struct amdxdna_dev_priv npu4_dev_priv = {
>> -    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/17f0_10/npu.sbin",
>> +    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/17f0_10/",
>>       .rt_config    = npu4_default_rt_cfg,
>>       .dpm_clk_tbl    = npu4_dpm_clk_table,
>>       .fw_feature_tbl = npu4_fw_feature_table,
>> diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu5_regs.c 
>> b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu5_regs.c
>> index c0a35cfd886c..c0ac5daf32ee 100644
>> --- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu5_regs.c
>> +++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu5_regs.c
>> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
>>   #define NPU5_SRAM_BAR_BASE    MMNPU_APERTURE1_BASE
>>     static const struct amdxdna_dev_priv npu5_dev_priv = {
>> -    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/17f0_11/npu.sbin",
>> +    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/17f0_11/",
>>       .rt_config    = npu4_default_rt_cfg,
>>       .dpm_clk_tbl    = npu4_dpm_clk_table,
>>       .fw_feature_tbl = npu4_fw_feature_table,
>> diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu6_regs.c 
>> b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu6_regs.c
>> index 1fb07df99186..ce591ed0d483 100644
>> --- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu6_regs.c
>> +++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu6_regs.c
>> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
>>   #define NPU6_SRAM_BAR_BASE    MMNPU_APERTURE1_BASE
>>     static const struct amdxdna_dev_priv npu6_dev_priv = {
>> -    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/17f0_10/npu.sbin",
>> +    .fw_path        = "amdnpu/17f0_10/",
>>       .rt_config    = npu4_default_rt_cfg,
>>       .dpm_clk_tbl    = npu4_dpm_clk_table,
>>       .fw_feature_tbl = npu4_fw_feature_table,
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